A heavy law enforcement presence, including the State Law Enforcement Division and Anderson County Sheriff's Office, came to an Anderson neighborhood after a police chase ended with shots being fired and the chase suspect fleeing.(Photo: Mike Ellis/Independent Mail)

The Sheriff's Office had not completed a report about the incident as of Friday afternoon, said Detective Nikki Carson, a spokeswoman for the Sheriff's Office.

Early Thursday afternoon, deputies attempted to pull over a car near the 1400 block of Stewart Circle.

The chase ended near White Street and Cleveland Avenue when the driver ran off.

Carson said Thursday that deputies heard gunfire as the driver fled. She could not confirm, Thursday or Friday, whether a deputy had discharged a weapon or whether there were multiple shots fired.

There were no injuries reported.

Anderson County Sheriff's Office deputies looked in trunks of cars while searching a neighborhood after a police chase ended with gunshots overheard and a driver fleeing.(Photo: Mike Ellis/Independent Mail)

Deputies armed with long guns, along with SLED agents and Anderson Police Department officers, combed the area around there for several hours, stopping passing cars to look in trunks and looking into backyards. Schools in the area were put on lockdown, with law enforcement officers escorting students to their parent's or guardian's vehicles.

Carson said deputies have not found the person they were seeking.

It was the sixth shooting involving an officer in the state this year and the first for the Anderson County Sheriff's Office, according to figures kept by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Agency. The same data shows 49 such shootings in 2017, two of which involved the Anderson County Sheriff's Office.